Signage display system and process

A display apparatus for an observer, comprising:

• a mask including opaque areas and apertures between the opaque areas;
• an output frame being positioned in such a way that the mask is positioned between the observer and the output frame;
• a plurality of sets of static image fractions supported by the output frame, each set being derived from a corresponding static image, of a series of static images presenting an animation sequence, where individual image fractions of each set are distributed along the output frame, so that each individual image fraction is associated with a corresponding aperture, and that the image fractions of a given set may be viewed, at the same time, by the observer looking at the corresponding plurality of apertures at the same time, enabling the observer, when stationary, to perceive a given static image as a whole and, when moving, to perceive the animation sequence, wherein the number of said fractions is determined by the formula:
• F=Dp×A
• where
• F is the number of image fractions optimally required,
• Dp is the dimension of a perceived output image, and
• A is the number of transparent members per unit of measure used for Dp.

An apparatus for an observer, for a mask including opaque areas and apertures between the opaque areas, and also for an output frame being positioned in such a way that the mask is positioned between the observer and the output frame, the apparatus comprising:

• a static image having:
• static fractions being derived from an assembled series of static input images, and
• the static fractions also being distributed in such a way that the static image is a broken disassembly of the assembled series of static input images, and
• the static image being supportable by the output frame in such a way that while the static image is viewed by the observer through the mask and while there is relative movement between the observer and the output frame, the observer perceives the static image as an animated whole image being substantially unfractured, reassembled and reformed,
• each static image having a vertical axis and having a horizontal axis, each being vertically sliced along the horizontal axis to provide image fractions, which are distributed on the output frame in a predetermined sequence;
• and
• wherein said image fractions are in sequence along a path to provide an output image as determined by the formula:
• O(x+y−1), y=Ix,y
• where On,m=output frame n, fraction m, and
• Ix,y=input image x, fraction y.